In an interview with ABC, President Obama gave his views of opening the U.S. oil reserves to combat high oil prices: “We are monitoring the situation very closely. The strategic petroleum reserve was designed for when oil actually shuts off,” Obama told ABC. “The reserves, I think, are something that we’ve got to be very […]
A cornerstone of the right has been to remove social programs from the government and have the private sector handle them – most notably the churches. Having churches run programs that should be a part of any government is a very serious threat to our form of government. It would be hard to have a […]
Why hasn’t Obama fixed the economy, ended the war in Iraq, caught Osama, given us all healthcare, etc.? That’s the sense you get when listening to these talking heads on TV. But on a more serious note, since when is government jobs not jobs? I am really tired of hearing these Republicans say “this bill […]
A new report has been released by the EIA saying that our demand on oil is decreasing: U.S. oil consumption is expected to level off with virtually no growth between now and 2030 because of increases in energy efficiency, greater use of renewable fuels and an expected rebound in oil prices, the government said Wednesday. […]
This will be an interesting case to watch The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will review the constitutionality of the so-called Millionaires’ Amendment, which allows opponents of some self-funded congressional candidates to raise more money than federal law normally allows. The court’s decision would come in time to affect the 2008 congressional campaigns. The […]
The following is now being reported by the Associated Press It was billed as a conversation with U.S. troops, but the questions President Bush asked on a teleconference call Thursday were choreographed to match his goals for the war in Iraq and Saturday’s vote on a new Iraqi constitution. “This is an important time,” Allison […]